| VERB | stative | stink | be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| perception | stink, reek | smell badly and offensively | |
| NOUN | cognition | stink, malodor, malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
| Sounds | stih'ngk | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | blink ... zinc: 27 rhymes with ihngk... | |
| Meaning | A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | malodor, malodour, stench, reek, fetor, foetor, mephitis | |
| Narrower | niff, pong | An unpleasant smell |
| Broader | smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception | The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form |
| Spanish | fetidez, fetor, foetor, hediondez, hedor, pebete, pestazo, peste, pestilencia, tufo | |
| Catalan | ferum, foetor, fortor, mala olor, pesta, pestilència, pudor | |
| Adjectives | stinky | having an unpleasant smell |
| Verbs | stink | smell badly and offensively |
| Meaning | Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "This term paper stinks!" | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Nouns | stinker | an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory |
| Meaning | Smell badly and offensively. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | reek | |
| Broader | smell | Smell bad |
| See also | stink up, stink out | cause to smell bad |
| Spanish | apestar, heder | |
| Catalan | empestar, fer podor, pudir | |
| Nouns | stink | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
| stinker | anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar) | |
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